What We've Eaten - A Meal Plan in Reverse [No. 5}

Technically, this is number 4, however we skipped April, so I'm calling it number 5. And we skipped April because the Mister was on vacation for two weeks and there were far too many days that we had chips for dinner.
May, however, was a good cooking month. We ate out one night with family that we drove up to see, ordered pizza once, and got fast food once. And, for us, that's pretty darn good. I'm hoping, though, that in June those numbers will all be at a big fat zero. Not that I necessarily enjoy cooking every.single.day but I'd rather do that than the alternative.

So, onto the eats. As normal, it's nothing super exciting, but May did lend itself to learning quite a few new tricks in the kitchen!
From the beginning, with meals being grouped by week (Mondays-Sundays)

Macaroni and cheese - I have something to admit here. I buy the boxed stuff. Not Kraft, though, but the Kroger brand. I bought it a while ago, in the hopes it would be comparable because it was much cheaper, and it tastes pretty much the same. The noodles have much more starch to them, but once it's all cooked ready to eat, the taste is the same. I've tried generic mac and cheese before and never liked it, so to even try this was an adventure for me!

Quesadillas - in the oven! With cooked ground turkey inside! This was one of those "ZOMG HOW DID I NOT KNOW" meals. I'm still trying to figure out a good dip or sauce for these, because they are a tad plain, but I'm not sure what that would be.
Chili/Cheese/Tator Tot Bake - easy peasy kind of meal.
Mexican Rice Burritos - we love this recipe. I don't love buying Rotel for it each time we eat it, though, because it's 1$ a can, so I think I will switch to tomato something-or-other instead and continue with enchilada sauce (because that goes farther than one meal).
Corn Dogs - picked these up on sale in April and they're just good to keep around.
Nachos - the almighty nacho dinner. Ah. Remind me sometime to tell you about the vat of nacho sauce we used to buy (read: used to buy).
Chinese Food with the in-laws - we went up to see the Mister's parents for Mother's day, spent the better part of the afternoon assembling patio furniture, and then we all went out to a Chinese food restaurant for dinner. Totally worth the hours of sweat and heat put into the furniture!
Leftover Chinese - has anyone ever not had leftovers from Chinese food?

Hashbrown/Bacon/Scrambled Egg Bowls - bacon was on sale, I had half a bag of potatoes left, and I had eggs. I figured it'd be worth a shot. And let's just say it was a good one. Hashbrowns, however, take forever to cook, but I did know to cut the bacon into pieces and then cook it, so I'm calling it a draw.
Grilled Cheese - in the oven! So much better this way.
Corn Dogs - the good part of only having two people in yoru house is that a 16 pack of corn dogs lasts for many meals!
Spaghetti - what I consider to be spaghetti is not very concise. It's pasta, ground meat, and red sauce. Any kind of noodle, ground beef, turkey, or sausage, and sauce. Oh, and cheese. I'm not sure if that's a food-naming travesty or not, but that's how things work in my kitchen.
Corn Dogs - and, that was the last of them.
Dominos - our one pizza order of the month.
Burritos - the boring ground beef and refried beans variety.

Hashbrown/Bacon/Scrambled Egg Bowls - hashbrowns still took forever to cook. But, it went much better the second time!
Enchamac - no meat in this one, just boxed mac and cheese with the addition of enchilada sauce.
Quesadillas & Frozen Pizza - plain cheese quesadillas, and those 4/5$ Totinos frozen pizzas that should be called personal pizzas.
Mexican Rice Burritos - again, I'm thinking of changing how I make these to cut down on costs. But still delicious.
Nachos - I wanted to make nacho soup, except I didn't have Rotel (because I used it for burritos!), so regular nachos it was.
Carls Jr - the one fast food of the month. Though, sadly, a week after our last non-cooked meal. But, they have new hamburgers like the Whiskey River BBQ burger from Red Robin, and it was delicious.
Quesadillas - plain with cheese, again, but in larger quantities!

Grilled Cheese - I say, learning to do this in the oven has been life changing. Plus, with my oven pan, I am able to make 3 sandwiches at a time, so we each can have 1.5 sandwiches, which means happier bellies and less wanting to snack later in the evening.
Mac and Cheese with Bacon - I had a few slices of bacon left and asked the Mister if it would taste good together. He said yes. He was right.
Chili/Cheese/Tator Tot Bake - it's simple, and I love it. Also, the addition of ketchup and/or BBQ sauce makes it even better.
Spaghetti - enough for leftovers, even!
Leftover Spaghetti & Grilled Cheese - but not quite right, ha!
Frozen Pizza - mmm, cheap pizza (they may cost 4/5$ but I only buy them when there's a buy 4, get 1$ off coupon).
Nacho Soup - we still love this stuff. We normally eat it with tortilla chips, but we didn't have any. Instead, I ovened (baked?) some tortillas at the end and, oh man, was that the way to go. I need to perfect my tortilla ovening (baking? That sounds weird, though) timing, but all in good time.

Leftover Nacho Soup - again, with tortillas! It seemed weird to be having soup in almost-June, but it's crockpot soup so it doesn't warm up the house.
Pepperjack Alfredo - I dunno what to call this one, really. It's an Alfredo recipe but I used pepperjack cheese instead of parmesan. It was kind of plain, though, and definitely could have used some chicken, but considering I haven't made any alfredo of any kind in years, it was a decent enough.

I would like to be able to report to you in one month that we haven't had any fast food for the month.
I would also like to have some new recipes to report back on. So far, I've got a recipe for homemade biscuits and gravy (which I also haven't done in years), a plan to make bean & cheese burritos, as well as more baking.

Now that it's getting to actually be summer, what are your favorite summer foods? And what can I "bake" that won't require the oven being on for an hour at a time? If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

~ Havok

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